Chapter 207

“What a strange individual!”

Oliver muttered internally. His head felt like it was swelling and ached mildly.

His body had felt exceptionally refreshing and at ease since he obtained the Book of Immortality’s aura. Being in such a sublime physical state meant he never experienced fever or dizziness, let alone a headache.

“What’s happening to me?”

His head weighed a ton, and the prickling pain was as if he was having a hangover.

Oliver rubbed his temples and circulated the Book of Immortality’s aura around his mind again. The feeling was like cold water flowing through him instantly, and he resumed his state of comfort.

The sense that something was off dawned upon him right then. “Could it be…

He lowered his gaze toward the crystal. “Does the problem lie with this?”

No wonder things felt strange. Everything that had occurred, such as the hallucinations appearing in his lucid mind, the fog inside the crystal suddenly becoming transparent, and the hangover-like sensation akin to pin-pricks, was the crystal’s doing.

“What does… the man look like?” Oliver looked up abruptly and directed his question at Frederick, who was caught off guard and had a delayed reaction.

“Who? Do you mean Howard, the priest?”

Oliver nodded.

Frederick cocked his head. “He looks to be in his thirties or forties. How should I put it? While he isn’t handsome, he’s certainly not bad-looking. He also possesses an impeccable aura like that of a divine being…”

“Besides, I felt as if he could see through my mind when I looked into his eyes…” He recalled and paused briefly before he pointed it out.

would have been indifferent to Frederick’s description, yet his attitude toward the

mystifying individuals truly exist?” he

a negative perception toward this so-called priest since the crystal

without the Book of Immortality’s aura inside his

Immortality’s aura prevented him from experiencing the aftereffects. But he was convinced it

anything good.

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he pondered, “He doesn’t know me, right? Have both of you discussed our situation

contemplated, “I suppose… not? I can’t remember exactly. My mind keeps thinking of his

began ruminating. The supposed priest would surely not have known of his existence under normal circumstances. Why would a stranger ask Frederick to hand him a crystal if

sharp-witted despite being mean and complacent. He just met that person. It didn’t make sense for him to have

crystal out of the blue? After contemplating for a while, Oliver

said nothing more, noticing Oliver moved his attention elsewhere at his pronouncement, and immediately

called Wayne and Simon once Frederick had

wrong at Oliver’s broody look and urgently queried, “Mr.

name is Howard, and he was supposed to take a look at Yancy’s illness. However, I had concerns about him being a charlatan and asked Uncle Frederick to test him out beforehand, but he returned

to Wayne and Simon. “This feels strange. I started hallucinating after I stared at it. Thankfully, I managed to free myself from the illusions. I was racking my brain thinking about why Howard, the priest, sent me this crystal if

he addressed Oliver, “Mr.

my intention as well. I want to conduct a

soon as he finished speaking, “You shouldn’t go alone. Let Sim accompany you. This man… feels

to dial Fabian to assign two more men to the hotel.

at ease regarding Wayne and Simon as they were the creme-de-le-creme of

priest, Howard, was either a swindler or a member of

didn’t believe he

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